Support for pendant ornaments



July 10, 1945. w. GEBAUER SUPPORT FOR PENDANT ORNAMENTS Filed Feb. 8, 1943 INVENTOR WALTER GEBAUER BY a g 6 k MTHSR Y Patented July 10, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUPPORT FOR PENDANT ORNAMENTS Walter Gebauer, Union, N. J assignor toPremier Glass Works, Inc., Irvington, N. J.

Application February 8, 1943, Serial No. 475,225

4 Claims.

My invention relates to supporting means for pendant ornaments, more particularly to Christmas tree ornaments. v

The conventional ornament is ,a hollow bodyof glass provided with a constricted opening in the form of a small outwardly extending neck communicating with the interior of the body. This neck provides a means for attaching a supporting l means including a metal cap which fits over the neck and a spring loop having outwardly flared legs extending through an aperture in the cap and biased to expand when the legs enter the body of the ornament through the cap.

of the cap and loop support made according to my invention.

As disclosed in Figure l, the conventional hollow receptacle-like ornament ill is provided with a restricted opening in the form of a projecting neck l I over which the cap I2 is positioned and secured at l3 to the neck by cement. The

With the usual support the caps of metal when applied to the ornament may fracture the lips of the neck so as to render the supporting device ineffective. In assembling the cap over the neck the spring loop is positioned with the legs only partially within the cap and when the cap is in position the loop is forced home so that the positioning and the fitting of the cap over the neck, as well as forcing the spring loop home, is an operation which requires care. A slight tug displaces the cap and the loop permitting the ornament to drop and break, particularly where the neck is long and of small diameter. The metal cap and loop require the use of metals which under certain conditions may be difficult to obtain as well 'as costly to obtain.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved support for pendant ornaments, more particularly a support for Christmas tree ornaments.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a support which is easily assembled and secured to the ornament.

A still further object of my invention is to make the support of non-metallic material, more particularly of paper or oellulosic material which is plentiful and inexpensive.

The novel features which I believe to be characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims, but the invention itself will best be understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a longitudinal section of an ornament with a supporting means made according to my invention,

Figure 2 shows details of construction of the supporting loop used with the device shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the cap and loop durin the process of assembly,

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged detailed sections cap i provided with an aperture l4 into which the free ends of the'supporting loop l5 extend. Cap l2 and supporting loop l5 are made of nonmetallic material such as paper or other cellulosic material.

The loop I5 is shown in extended form in Figure 2. It may be punched from fiat stock in the form of a ribbon 0r strap. It is provided at its ends with transverse terminating elements l6 and I7 forming Ts with the ends of the loop l5. Extending from one edge of the loop is a spur or triangular shaped extension l8 which with the terminating element l'l provides slot 20 for purposes to be described. On the other end and extending from the other edge of the loop I5 is the spur l9 providing with the T element It the gap or slot 2 I.

As shown in Figure 3 the loop 15 is doubled upon itself so that the terminating elements It and I! register with each other. The .closed end of the loop 15 is then extended up through aperture l4 and pulled so that the spurs l8, l9 deflect the top of the cap member l2 upwardly, permitting the spurs to slip over the lip or edge of the aperture and permitting the lip or edge of the aperture to snap into the slots 20 and 2| and interlock with the cap as shown in Figures 4 and 5, Figure 5 being taken along a vertical plane perpendicular to the plane of Figure 4.. It will thus be seen that the loop is securely interlocked with the cap and cannot be displaced either by pulling outwardly or pushing inwardly.

Thus with my improved construction the loop cannot be easily displaced from the cap either by pushing or pulling, a fault of the previous constructions. Usin paper or oellulosic material, the use of metals is avoided and the application of the cap to the neck can be made without danger of fracturing the neck or without the necessity of difficult assembly.

' While I have indicated the preferred embodiments of my invention of which I am now aware and have also indicated only one specific application for which my invention may be employed, it will be apparent that my invention is by no means limited to the exact forms illustrated or the use indicated, but that many variations may b made in the particular structure used and the purpose for which it is employed without departing from the scope of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. A support for an article having a hollow tubular extension and including a cap of cellulosic material for said hollow tubular extension, said cap having an aperture in the top thereof, and a loop having registering ends cooperating therewith, and including a flexible cellulosic ribbonlike strap the ends of which are enlarged and provided with transverse slots normal to the edges of said strap receiving the lip of the cap surrounding said aperture and interlocking with said lip.

2. A support for an article having a hollow neck and including a cap of non-metallic material for said neck, said cap being provided with an aperture in the top thereof, and a supporting ribbon-like non-metallic loop provided at each end with a transverse element forming a T with the ends of said loop and a projection extending from one edge only and adjacent each of the transverse elements and forming a slot with said transverse element, said loop extending through said aperture, the lip of the cap adjacent the aperture being received within the slots, said loop extending above said cap.

3. A support for a pendant article having a hollow restricted neck, and including a cap of cellulosic material for said neck, said cap being provided with an aperture in the top thereof, and a loop of fiat strap-like cellulosic material provided at each end with a transverse element forming a T with the ends of said loop and a single spurlike projection extending from one edge of the loop and adjacent each of the transverse elements and forming a slot with the transverse element, each spur-like projection extending from an opposite edge of the loop, said loop extending through said aperture, the lip of the cap adjacent the aperture being received within the slots, said loop extending above said cap. I

4. A pendant ornament having a support for a restricted hollow'neck, a non-metallic cap for said neck to be secured thereto, and a non-metallic loop cooperating with said cap, said cap having an aperture through which the ends of said loop extend, said loop comprising a flat ribbon-like element provided at its ends with transverse elements forming a T with the ends of said strap, said ribbon-like element being folded with its ends in registry, a single spur-like extension adj acent each of said transverse elements and forming therewith a slot normal to the edge of said loop, each of said spur-like extensions extendin from an opposite edge of said flat ribbon-like strap, the lip of the cap adjacent the aperture being received within the slots, said T elements being within the cap and said loop extending above the cap, said aperture being large enough to pass said spur-like extension but too small to pass the T elements.

WALTER GEBAUER. 

